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Why can’t I make neurological diagnoses anymore?

Consultant Neurologist, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; rjdavenport@btinternet.com

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A few years ago, I attended my first Movement Disorders Society conference in the USA (yes it was courtesy of the pharmaceutical industry, no I cannot remember which company, but no doubt I have used their drugs regularly since). During an interactive session, the audience was asked to indicate whether they were movement disorders doctors, neurologists or "other". I had no idea there was such a thing as a pure movement disorder doctor, although more recently it came to my attention that in-patient neurology is also seen as a subspeciality in the USA, so things are a little different over there. Nonetheless, this conference introduced me to the concept of the superspecialist (or is that subspecialist?)

When asked what sort of neurologist I am, I proudly describe myself as a generalist. True, I run or participate in a number of "specialist" clinics where patients with particular disorders are gathered together, . . . [Full text of this article]

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